Modality and tense in children's autobiographical accounts

Narrative Inquiry

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 279-302

  Quigley, Jean ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Child language; Functional linguistics; Grammatical analysis; Narrative development; Tense and modality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040157199     PISSN: 13876740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/ni.9.2.05qui     Document Type: Article

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